Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability is an Integer overflow in the Skia graphics library, the issue was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on April 12, 2023.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Security researchers released PoC exploit code for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-22972 affecting multiple VMware products. The company acknowledged Bruno López of Innotec Security for the discovery of the flaw. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. using CVE-2022-22972.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Chrome and macOS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11. CVE-2023-2033 – Google Chromium V8 Engine Type Confusion Vulnerability.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A UK government report published last year found that 48% of organisations lacked the expertise to complete routine cyber security practices. The report also found that 30% of organisations had skills gaps in more advanced areas, such as penetration testing, forensic analysis and security architecture.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

” reads the analysis published by ESET. ESET researchers added that the analysis of recent attacks revealed similarities between artifacts used in the Dream Job campaign and those employed as part of the 3CX supply chain attack. “This could cause the file to run when double-clicked instead of opening it with a PDF viewer.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

Apple has released emergency updates to backport security patches that address two actively exploited zero-day flaws also affecting older iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Both vulnerabilities were reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Donncha Ó Cearbhaill of Amnesty International’s Security Lab.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. Attackers use DLL side-loading of a Cortex XDR Dump Service Tool, a signed commercial security product, to deploy the ransomware. ” continues the analysis. Rorschach also supports effective binary and anti-analysis protection techniques and evasive mechanisms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

The CVE-2023-26083 flaw in the Arm Mali GPU driver is chained with other issues to install commercial spyware, as reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in a recent report. US CISA has added Veritas Backup Exec flaws, which were exploited in ransomware attacks, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code. “These senseless acts of targeting those who are unable to respond are the motivation for this research, analysis, tools, and blog post. . This is not an idle concern.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Nominate Pierluigi Paganini and Security Affairs here here: [link] Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. We are in the final !

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2023

On March 7, 2023, the researchers found a Linux variant of the PingPull that was uploaded to VirusTotal, it had a very low detection rate (3 out of 62) “Despite a largely benign verdict, additional analysis has determined that this sample is a Linux variant of PingPull malware. ” reads the analysis published by Unit 42.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Breached organisation: Okta, security software company in California, US.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. Our monthly blogs will provide analysis of the data we’ve collected and we’ll continue to discuss the biggest breaches on our 2023 overview of publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks. Where ‘up to’, etc.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a campaign to increase awareness of these risks to U.S. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware. Therefore, educating your employees about the importance of security to your network is critical. The efficacy of hygiene.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two flaws in iPhones, Macs, and iPads to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Both vulnerabilities were reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Donncha Ó Cearbhaill of Amnesty International’s Security Lab.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG. In one case, the group posed as a journalist for a South Korean news agency and sent benign emails with an interview request to North Korea experts.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

According to a joint report published in January 2021 by security firms Advanced-intel and HYAS, Ryuk operators earned, at the time of publishing the analysis, more than $150 million worth of Bitcoin from ransom paid by their victims. Individuals involved in the conspiracy laundered at least $70 million in ransom proceeds.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Apple released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities impacting iPhones, Macs, and iPads. Apple has released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-28205 and CVE-2023-28206, impacting iPhones, Macs, and iPads.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

As part of our security protocol, BITMARCK then took customer and internal systems offline and carried out an impact analysis.” “BITMARCK is currently taking systems back online step by step in accordance with a structured, security and priority-oriented process.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

Microsoft fixed the issue with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for April 2023. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28252 , in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS), which is actively exploited in ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The company received two vulnerability reports from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro for high/critical severity security issues in PaperCut MF/NG. process creation analysis), log file analysis, and Network signatures. Trend Micro announced they will disclose further information (TBD) about the vulnerability on 10th May 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Threat actors are using the PowerShell tool to evade software and/or human-based security detection mechanisms. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. If you are able to obtain the source host’s IP address along with this path, you will then be able to build out a list of exfiltrated files after the fact.”

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In the months following director William Hinman’s noteworthy speech on whether and when a digital asset is subject to securities laws, U.S. regulators have continued their stern warnings regarding the importance of compliance with the securities laws. securities laws. Convertible Equity Securities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Researchers from cloud security firm Wiz discovered two critical flaws, collectively dubbed BrokenSesame, in Alibaba Cloud’s ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL. ” reads the analysis. ” reads the advisory published by Wiz.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The security firm reported its findings to Google, which notified the development teams. ” reads the analysis published by the security firm. The apps totaled more than 100 million downloads in the ONE store and Google Play stores in South Korea.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

Even the most well-protected companies can be susceptible to attacks if they are not careful about a proactive approach towards cyber security. Here are a few of the top security weaknesses that threaten organizations today: Poor risk management. Vulnerability management is another key consideration when it comes to security.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool GC2 in an attack against a Taiwanese media organization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Threat actors are hacking poorly secured and Interned-exposed Microsoft SQL servers to deploy the Trigona ransomware. Threat actors are hacking into poorly secured and public-facing Microsoft SQL servers to deploy Trigona ransomware. “V3 should be updated to the latest version so that malware infection can be prevented.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. CISA orders federal agencies to fix this flaw by April 20, 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

” reads the analysis published by Uptycs. Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Uptycs ) The post Researchers found the first Linux variant of the RTM locker appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). ” reads the report published by the Google TAG. ” concludes the report.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Kaspersky researchers have published an analysis of phishers’ Telegram channels used to promote their services and products. A package containing features such as 3-D Secure support and support for configuring a phishing website, may cost up to $300. ” continues the analysis. User personal data for sale.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Researchers from security firm Jamf observed the North Korea-linked BlueNoroff APT group using a new macOS malware, dubbed RustBucket, family in recent attacks. The attribution to the BlueNoroff APT is due to the similarities in the findings that emerged from Kaspersky’s analysis published in December 2022.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The researchers are tracking the spyware since March 2020, starting in 2023, multiple security experts [ 1 , 2 ] started monitoring its activity. “Our analysis also revealed photos of drugs, firearms, and official FARAJA documents that indicate potential law enforcement use of the malware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The company received two vulnerability reports from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro ) for high/critical severity security issues in PaperCut MF/NG. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. ” reads the advisory published by PaperCut. Last week, the U.S.

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